Freud called it reaction-formation… An ego defense mechanism: Example, a person so irrationally and insanely against something, like sex, that it turns out that what that individual really wants is sex but is having a difficult time fulfilling his desire.
Put a missionary and his wife, a doctor and his wife, a prostitute, and a bunch of half naked natives on an island in the South Pacific and what do you get besides a wonderful, well written story, with great characters? You get a classic case of reaction-formation. “Rain” by W. Somerset Maughan is quite enjoyable, and could easily be read in one sitting, in probably less than two hours.
Joseph Sciuto was born and raised in New York City, where he spent his early years listening to his Italian-American grandmother’s vivid stories about how their family was responsible for building much of the impressive Manhattan skyline, including the Empire State Building. The rich flavor of her stories about their family’s heritage still works its way through his writing.
Sciuto holds degrees from both John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Stony Brook University and a certificate in film studies from New York University. After studying psychology, film, theater, literature, and English as an undergraduate, he relocated to Southern California to attend graduate school at Loyola Marymount University, where he studied writing and film.
Sciuto's next novel, SOFIA, is available on June 27, 2019, following the success of HOLLYWOOD RIPTIDE, TARGETED DEMOGRAPHICS and PER VERSE VENGEANCE.
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